Gas-burner attachment



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GAS BURNER ATTACHMENT. No. 501,391. Patented July 11, 1893.

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Patented July 11, 1 893.

I JHIL llllll" UNITED STAT S PATENT OFFICE.

MARSHAL WHEELER, OF OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA.

GAS-BURN ER ATTACHMENT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 501,391, dated July 11, 1893.

Application filed May 4, 1892. Serial No. 431,770. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Beit known that I, MARSHAL WHEELER, of Oakland,in the county of Alameda and State of California, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Gas-Burner Attachments; and I do hereby declare the following to bea full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it pertains to make and use it, reference being had to the accompanying drawings,which form part of this specification.

My invention relates to improvements in gas burner attachments, and it consists in the construction and arrangement of parts which will be fully described hereinafter and fully described in the claims.

The object of my invention is to provide an attachment for gas fixtures, having the construction and containingthe chemicals hereinafter specified, whereby the gas is deodorized and purified before passing to the burner.

A still further object of my invention is to form the purifying and deodorizingsubstances into honey-combed solidified blocks, whereby the passage of small particles thereof to the burner, which clogs it, is prevented.

In the accompanying drawings Figure 1 is aperspective view of a drop light with my purifying apparatus applied thereto. Fig. 2 is a vertical longitudinal sectional view of my apparatus as applied to an Argand burner. Fig. 3 is a plan view of one of the solidified blocks placed within the purifying and deodorizing chamber. Fig. 4. is a vertical section of one of the blocks.

A indicates a cylinder or chamber provided with atop B having a depending flange which fits within the upper end of the chamber as shown, from the center of which extends an ordinary Argand or other burner B; The lower end of this cylinder is connected in any suitable manner with the standard 0 of a drop light, or permanent fixture, to which it is desired to apply my invention.

Placed in the standard 0, below the cylinder or chamber A, and in the depending tube of the burner above the said chamber, are the cooks D. The object of having two cocks, one above and the other below the burneris, that when it is desired to cut the gas off, the lower cock is turned, and then after the gas contained in the chamber has been consumed, and thereby thelight goes out, the upper cock is turned, which will thus prevent the access of either air or gas to the chamber A, which will protect the purifying and deodorizing substances from evaporation, as will be understood, when the burner is not running.

The deodorizing and purifying blocks 0, d, and e are placed within the chamber A, and are cut out at their upper and lower ends as shown at i, to form chambers between them as shown, when they are placed one upon the other in the chamber A. The lower block 0 is placed upon a ledge or ring G so that a chamber H is formed in the lower end of the cylinder A, which receives the gas from the burner standard 0, to distribute it through the blocks as hereinafter described. The gas after passing into the lower end of the cylinder A,'passes through the block a, which is composed of chloride of lime, solidified by compression into a honey-combed block as illustrated, thus making the block full of perforations or openings m, through which the gas passes. In passing through this block 0, the gas is bleached and disinfected of its poisonous and unhealthy qualities. From this block 0, the gas passes into the chamber above it, formed between the blockd, and the block 0, and thence through the block d,which is formed of solidified quick-lime, that is honey-combed in the same manner as the block 0, and for the same purpose. The gas in passing through the quick lime is deprived of all of its sulphur combinations, which are absorbed by the quicklime. From the block d, the gas passes into the chamber above it, and below the block c. This block e, is composed of wood pulp and copperas, which are mixed together in proper proportions, preferably about five sixths wood, and one sixth copperas. Passing the gas through the wood and copperas aids in purifying and deodorizing it. It then passes into the chamber I formed in the upper end of the cylinder A, and from thence it is fed tothe burner in proper quantities.

The object of forming the deodorizing and purifying substances into solid blocks, in contradistinction to using them in a pulverized, or a semi-pulverized state, or even in pieces,

is to prevent the carrying of small particles of the substances by the pressure and force of the gas into the burner, thus clogging the burner in a very short time and making itinoperative.

Surrounding each of the blocks 0, d, and e, is a metallic ringf, the purpose of which is to prevent the lateral expansion of them to such an extent as would prevent the extraction thereof from the cylinder A for the purpose of renewing them. This is especially desirable in the case of the upper block 6, composed of wood and copperas.

By means of my apparatus, the gas fed to a burner is deodorized and purified. The gas supplied to consumers in cities is generally very poor, but by the use of my apparatus, the gas is deodorized and purified at the point of consumption, which greatly improves the quality of the gas and removes all disagreeable odor therefrom.

Having thus described my invention, what Q I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patcut, is-

1. A purifying chamber for gas burners or fixtures, comprising a cylinder or chamber, solidified blocks of purifying substance within the chamber, constructed and arranged to alloW the gas to pass from one block to the other, a burner tube connected with one end of the cylinder, and a feeding pipe with the other end, substantially as described.

2. A purifying chamber for the purpose described, comprising a cylinder, several blocks of purifying substances placed within the cylinder, and each block having a series of perforations for the passage of gas, substantially as set forth.

3. A purifying chamber for gas fixtures, comprising a cylinder, several blocks of purifying substances placed therein and perforated for the passage of gas, the blocks cut out at their ends to form chambers, substantially as specified.

t. A purifying block for the purpose specified, composed of a solidified purifying substance having apertures extending through it for the passage of gas, substantially as described.

5. A purifying block for the purpose set forth, composed of a honeycombed solidified substance, having a surrounding band of metal as and for the purpose specified.

In testimony whereof I aiiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

MARSHAL WHEELER.

Witnesses:

LELAND S. BROWN, EDMUND A. WVATKINs. 

